Mohamed Salah could win this year's Ballon d'Or - providing he has a good World Cup this summer.

The Liverpool star has become a phenomenon at Anfield after scoring 28 league goals in his debut season - his most recent four in Saturday's 5-0 win over Watford.

His performances have led to suggestions he should beat Kevin de Bruyne to PFA Player of the Year, despite Manchester City's procession towards the Premier League title.

Yet former Reds winger Harry Kewell is such an admirer of the Egyptian, that he believes he could finally end the stranglehold Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have held on the world's top individual honour.

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“If he was to have a fantastic World Cup, gets a couple of goals and plays well, and then continues again next season, why not go for the Ballon d’Or?

“He’s got the goals, I don’t see why he couldn’t win it.”

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He has this amazing dribbling ability, and defenders are scared of it.

“It’s a part of the game that players believe they can do, but when you get someone who can actually dribble, obviously the best is Messi, who can run at defenders and be able to chop and change on a dime, and Salah can do this, you just can’t stop it.

“That’s the key with Salah – he drives at people, he’s chopping, turning, dribbling and people just don’t know how to deal with him.”